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• Aecon awarded $33 million contract to expand Highway 11 near North Bay, Ont.

  From The Canadian Press, September 02, 2010 - 06:31 a.m. Aecon awarded $33 million contract to expand Highway 11 near North Bay, Ont.

• Fall colour show in Canada to be one of the best ever, says Phillips

  Fall colours can be seen in foliage on the Canadore Trails, in North Bay, Ont., Oct.

• Small business owners rate our local government

  NEWS RELEASE CANADIAN FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS ***************************** Small business owners speak up about local government TORONTO - On Monday, August 30, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business will release survey results on small business owners' overall discontent with municipal governments in Northern Ontario.

• Tourism minister visits museum, pioneer village

  Ontario Tour ism and Culture Minister Michael Chan visited Lang Pioneer Village in Keene, the Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough and attractions in Lindsay on Tuesday.

• Rooms in new North Bay, Ont., hospital to be shared by men and women

  A new regional health centre slated to open in North Bay, Ont., in a few months will have male and female patients sharing hospital rooms.

• Magill: Wallace plans to keep running

  Jarryd Wallace, son of Georgia women's tennis coach Jeff Wallace, is my bet to win the marathon run at the 2012 Paralympics in London, England.

• Look what they've named after Mike Harris

  NEWS RELEASE NIPISSING UNIVERSITY CANADORE COLLEGE ******************** NORTH BAY, ON - Today, Nipissing University and Canadore College celebrated a $1.5 million gift from renowned philanthropist Seymour Schulich.

• Families criticize move of mental health patients from North Bay to Sudbury

  Every day Gwen Size loses another piece of her husband as he drifts deeper into the dementia he's been fighting for a decade.

• Two new wildfires burn in the region

  NEWS RELEASE MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES ***************************** One new fire was confirmed in the East Fire Region on Wednesday, August 11.

• Court to fast-track census challenge

  Bill Curry A member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery since 1999, Bill Curry worked for The Hill Times and the National Post prior to joining The Globe in Feb.